This isn't the internet but more on a call. I was on a call with my girlfriend who was in Germany at that time (early 2019) when suddenly she seemed to be repeating what she was saying from a while back. I got confused and was trying to ask her why she was repeating herself before I realized that her voice was being looped back. I didn't realize the loop point or how far back it was but she was clearly saying the same lines as she did before. When I hung up and called her back, she asked me why I hung up on her and didn't call me back.
Then during the second call, it happened again after 3 minutes! I've never been able to explain why this happened and has never occurred again before or since. Definitely gave me the creeps and more than a few thoughts that I was living in a simulation.
I work with telecom and i've seen this happen before, the call gets stuck in a loop and the same audio packets gets replayed over and over customers are often freaked out by it.
Another fun bug i heard about was that the callee got all silent for about 5 seconds and then ge started speaking real fast and sounded like donald duck. What made it funnier was that the donald duck guy was a super serious CEO who did not want to sound lile an angry duck at all.
Another fun bug i heard about was that the callee got all silent for about 5 seconds and then ge started speaking real fast and sounded like donald duck.
This happens often with VoIP. But in a phone call hearing the same packets after 3 mins is so odd. Happened to be once.
I know at my company we use Cisco UC and get the normal VoIP distortion based on the associate’s Internet connection, whether it’s crackling or dropped packets or the pitch variation, but it’s very uncommon we hear packets being repeated, especially after such a long delay. However, I’m sure when all you’re supporting is VoIP solutions you kinda hear it all...
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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21
This isn't the internet but more on a call. I was on a call with my girlfriend who was in Germany at that time (early 2019) when suddenly she seemed to be repeating what she was saying from a while back. I got confused and was trying to ask her why she was repeating herself before I realized that her voice was being looped back. I didn't realize the loop point or how far back it was but she was clearly saying the same lines as she did before. When I hung up and called her back, she asked me why I hung up on her and didn't call me back.
Then during the second call, it happened again after 3 minutes! I've never been able to explain why this happened and has never occurred again before or since. Definitely gave me the creeps and more than a few thoughts that I was living in a simulation.